Raphuרפוא
In the Bible
A biblical personal name — Raphu (רפוא) — first attested in Num 13:9 (1 occurrence in the Hebrew Bible).
לְמַטֵּ֣ה בִנְיָמִ֔ן פַּלְטִ֖י בֶּן־רָפֽוּא׃
<span class="poetry indentAll">From the tribe of Benjamin, Palti son of Rafu.</span>
Facts
| Type | person |
| Biblical period | Exile/Prophets |
| Gematria | 287 |
| Letters | 4 consonants |
| Theophoric | no |
Gematria & sigil
The consonantal gematria of Raphu (רפוא) and its sigil traced on the Lo Shu (Saturn 3×3) by the Aiq-Bekar digital-root method: each letter's value reduces to 1–9, those cells are joined in order — the trace is the sigil.
| Letter | Value | Aiq Bekar |
|---|---|---|
| ר | 200 | 2 |
| ף | 80 | 8 |
| ו | 6 | 6 |
| א | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 287 | 8 |
Stellar letters
The 4-consonant name needs its 1 distinct simple-letter to be occupied in the sky. The 7 classical bodies open a sign → its Hebrew simple letter; this name reads only when the planets sit in exactly these signs.
Readable on these rare conjunctions
Raphu appears in the stellar reading on 1 of the 12 dated rare conjunctions (proofs.json). Open any date in the Reader to verify it on that sky.
| Date | Precessional era | Occupied letters |O| |
|---|---|---|
| 24 Apr 1857 | Pisces | 3 |